Title :
Compression Limits of Wavelet-Based Image Coding
Author :
Auli Llinas, Francesc ; Serra Sagrista, Joan ; Sanchez, Victor
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Univ. Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
This work defines an entropy-based measure aimed to establish the compression limits of wavelet-based image coding. This measure serves to appraise the efficiency of current codecs, determining whether there is margin for their improvement or not. Also, it may help to design new compression schemes that target a particular type of images and/or compression rates.
Keywords :
codecs; data compression; entropy; image coding; wavelet transforms; codecs; compression limits; compression rates; entropy-based measure; wavelet-based image coding; Context; Context modeling; Current measurement; Entropy; Image coding; Wavelet transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Data Compression Conference (DCC), 2014
Conference_Location :
Snowbird, UT
DOI :
10.1109/DCC.2014.44